Holding his one-year-old son Emmaus on Thursday, running back Cedric Peerman knows the journey is all about bridging generations. After he signed a one-year deal to return for his eighth season, the Bengals co-captain prepared to help special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons break in another new wave.
“If you don’t have a great a lead singer, it doesn’t matter if you’ve got a great band,” Simmons said. “It’s huge for us. He’s a foundation of what we do.”
When Peerman arrived as a waiver wire pickup in 2010 from the Lions, the Bengals leading special teams tacklers that season were Dan Skuta and Quan Cosby.